Brush for mucilage and paste bottles



s. vo s. v BRUSH FOR MUCILAGE AND PASTE BOTTkES APIPLVICATION FILEVD JULY 6. 1920.

1,378,636. Patented 1lay17,.1921

. UNITED S ATES;

PATENT QEFIYCE.

sALoMoN Yes, or BROOKLYN, YORK.

To, all whom it may concern:

Be it known that I, SALOMON Vos, a citi- Zen of the United States, and a resident of the borough of Brooklyn, in the cityand State of New York have invented certain new and useful Improvements in Brushes for Mucila e and Paste-Bottles, ofwhich ,gthe following is a specification.

My invention relates to a simple brush adapted for use on mucilage or paste bottles or jars. The object of my invention is to provide a bottle or jar cap having a-brush 'extendingtherethrough and slidable therein, the brush being held in anydeflsired position by friction. :VVhen the cap and brush are applied toa bottle or jar the cap is,

adapted to close the top thereof and to supliquid or paste. Iam aware-that capswith adjustable brushes have heretofore been pro-: posed 0r used but the object of the present device is to provide a brush which will slide very smoothly in the cap and whichnevertheless will stay in any position of adjustment when in use. Another object is to provide resilient means for holding the brush in various positions of adjustment, which will properly hold the brush in any desired position and remain operative ,for along time, adapting itself to changes causedby any wearor enlargement at the aperture in the cap where the brush slides. These and other objects I attainin the device here n after described.

In the drawing'forming part'of this ap- I plication,

Figure V mucilage container or ar showing my do vice in use,

Fig. 2 is a vertical sectional view of the brush detached from the cap,

Fig. 3 is a sectional view taken on the line 33 of Fig. 2, and

Fig. 4 is a perspective view of the spring sleeve for holding the brush.

I have shown in the drawing a jar or container 1 such as is used for paste or mucilage and I have lndlcated a body 2 of mucilage Specificationof LettersPatent.

cap there is an aperture 5 1 is a verticalsectional view of a BRUSH non MU'CILAGE Ann rA's'rn BOTTLES. V

or paste-therein of the present device of the jarto preventi-the contents from evaporating and to keep out dust. .The

H atented May l'Y; 1921. Application filed July 6, 1920 Serial No. 394,058. i i

cap has a flange 4 which engages over the top edge otthejarand at the center ofthe shank of the brush may slide.

The brush consists of a body'of bristles 6 held in the socket member7, the upper porin Qwhich-itheY tion or which is provided with a flange 8 to prevent the liquid from running along the shank when the brush-is being used. There is a rod or shank 9, preferably' formed in tegrali'with the member 7(these parts are preferably turned in wood) which is adapt ed to extend through the central aperture 5: of the cap; and its upper endextends into the bore lQ of a knobor' handlell. Ther'e I e is a resilient'sleeve .12 consisting of sheet a.

metal bentzinto tubular or cylindrical form' with lts edges 13' lying inoverlapping relation. In order to secure the proper-springaction in this sleeve it is necessary thatthese edges 13 overlap as shown herein. I

In assembling the devicethe 'sleeve 12 is placed over the shank 9 and these members are then "passedthrough {the aperture 5: in

the cap from the bottom upwardly and the sleeve 12 is of such diameter, normally, as to make it necessary to compress it to permit it to be inserted through the aperture 5. When the sleeveand shank Have been passed through the cap the knob 11-is placed on the end of the shank 9, glue having been applied in thebore 10, so that the shank willbe glued fast to the'knob. The sleeve 12 is "slightly larger than the shank 9 and 4 its upper end fits loosely in the counterbore .14 in the knob 11. The shank'9 forms the rigid or fixed member uniting the knob 11 and the brush member 7' and the sleeve 12 f forms the spring means for adjustably hold- .ing the'whole brushfin position in the cap. The sleeve preferably has no great vertical displacement on the brushasit abuts at one end against the flange 8 and at the other end against the knob 11, but it is, so far as the brush structure is concerned, freeto ex pand and contract. When the brush is first assembled the aperture 5 will boot such size that the sleeve 12 will be compressed to nearly the size of the shank 9 in order to pass through this aperture 5 and'this will make the outer diameter of the sleeve less than the counterbore 14. As the surface'of the aperture 5 Wears from long use the sleeve 12 will gradually expand Within the counterbore 14 and within the aperture 5 5 and always maintain a frictional engage ment With the cap suflicient to hold the brush in the desired position.

When the jar is nearly filled the brush will be raised in the cap so that the bristles 6 only Willdip into the liquid or paste and the sleeve 12, engaging the cap, will main tain the brush in position. When the brush (together With the cap) is removed to apply some of the liquid to a surface the bristles 15 Will carry some of the liquid but the remainder ofthe brush will be dry. As the.

liquid or paste is gradually consumed the brush will be adjusted from time to time to a lower position in the can so that the bristles Will continue to dip into the liquid or paste. In the present device the sleeve 12jis free to expand to maintain sufficient comprising a bristle portion, a shank slid able through said cap, an enlargement or knob on the upper end of said shank and'an expanslble sleeve surroundlng sald shank and frictionally engaging said cap and adapted to hold the brush at various elevations in relationto the cap. a

2. A device of the class described comprising a cap adapted to be applied to a bottle or jar tosupport a brush, and a brush comprising a bristle portion, a shank slidable through said cap, an enlargement or knob on the upper end of said shank, and an expansible, tubular sleeve having overlapping edges, said sleeve surrounding said shank, frictionally engaging said cap and adapted to hold the brush at various elevations in relation to the cap. V

3. A device of the olassdescribedcomprising an apertured capadapted to be ap plied to a bottle orjar to support a brush, and a brush comprising a bristle portion, a shank slidable through said cap, an expansible sleeve surrounding said shank and adapted to frictionally engage the cap, and means for limiting the longitudinal movementof the sleeve in relation to the brush and adapted to permit the sleeveto expand.

l. A device of the class described comprising an apertured cap adapted to be appliedto' a bottle or jar to support a brush, and a brush, comprising a bristle portion, a shank movable through said cap, an expansiblc sleeve surrounding said shank and frictionally engaging said cap, a knob having a bore 1n whlch the upper end of said shank is secured and having a counterbore to re ceive the end of said sleeve and in which,

the sleeve is adapted to expand and contract, Y

the longitudinal movement of the sleeve in relation to the brush being limited whereby the sleeve engaging said cap will support the brush indifferent positions in relation toth'e cap. 7

Signed at the city, county and State of New York, this 15th day of June, 1920.

SALOMON VOS. 

